Malik Ahmad Yar Hunjra

Malik Ahmad Yar Hunjra is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 2002 to May 2018.

Malik Ahmad Yar Hunjra
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
2002 – 31 May 2018
Personal details
Born (1978-03-06) 6 March 1978
Muzaffargarh District
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)

Early life and education

He was born on 6 March 1978 in Muzaffargarh District.[1]

He graduated from Government College University where he was enrolled between 1997 and 2000. He obtained the degree of Master of Business Administration in Finance from Quaid-i-Azam University in 2003 and graduated in Law from Bahauddin Zakariya University. He has the degree of Bachelor of Laws.[1]

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency PP-251 (Muzaffargarh-I) in 2002 Pakistani general election.[2] He received 21,695 votes and defeated Mufti Abdul Jalil, a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA). In the same election, he ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-176 (Muzaffargarh-I) but was unsuccessful. He received 2,823 votes and lost the seat to Khalida Mohsin Ali Qureshi, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[3]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-251 (Muzaffargarh-I) in 2008 Pakistani general election.[4] He received 19,913 votes and defeated Malik Muhammad Yousaf Hinjra, a candidate of PPP.[5]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) from Constituency PP-251 (Muzaffargarh-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[6] He received 33,502 votes and defeated Muhammad Ashraf Khan Rind, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[7] In November 2016, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Prisons.[8]

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References
  1. "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 5 December 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  3. "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  4. "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  5. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  6. "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". The News. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  7. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  8. "Punjab govt hands over portfolios to newly appointed cabinet ministers". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2018.


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